# 1999 Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council election

The second election to Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council was held on 6 May 1999. It was preceded by the 1995 election and followed by the 2004 election. On the same day there were elections to the other 21 local authorities in Wales and community councils in Wales.

## Overview

All council seats were up for election. These were the second elections held following local government reorganisation.
Neath and Port Talbot County Borough Council election result 1999 :
| Party | Seats | Votes |
| Labour | | |
| Conservative | | 293 |
| Liberal Democrats | | |
| Plaid Cymru | | |
| Other parties | 5 | |
| SDP | 2 | |

## Candidates

Most sitting members of West Glamorgan County council sought election to the new authority. A number were also members of the previous district councils but others contested a ward against a sitting district councillor.

## Results by ward
### Aberavon (three seats)

Aberavon 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | SDP | Anthony Taylor* | 1,191 |
| | SDP | Jeffrey Dinham | 973 |
| | SDP | Thomas John Sullivan | 852 |
| | Labour | Andrew Brian Jones* | 640 |
| | Labour | Kenneth John Price | 635 |
| | Labour | John Malcolm Slater | 616 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | SDP hold | SDP hold | Swing |
| | SDP gain from Labour | SDP gain from Labour | Swing |
| | SDP gain from Labour | SDP gain from Labour | Swing |

### Aberdulais (one seat)

Aberdulais 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Elwyn Jones* | unopposed | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Alltwen (one seat)

Alltwen 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | David Lewis* | unopposed | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Baglan (three seats)

Baglan 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Ratepayers | Arthur Edward Wheatley* | 1,358 |
| | Labour | Malcolm David Harris* | 1,292 |
| | Ratepayers | Paul Ernest Evans | 1,219 |
| | Ratepayers | Elwyn John Tyrell | 1,120 |
| | Labour | Marian Aerona Golding | 1,100 |
| | Labour | Leslie Rees | 1,047 |
| | Conservative | Wayne Morris | 293 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Other parties hold | Other parties hold | Swing |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
| | Other parties hold | Other parties hold | Swing |

### Blaengwrach (one seat)

Blaengwrach 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Plaid Cymru | Carolyn Edwards | 397 |
| | Labour | David Michael Hughes* | 369 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 28 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing |

### Briton Ferry East (one seat)

Briton Ferry East 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Colin Morgan* | 674 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ian David Sherwood | 375 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Briton Ferry West (one seat)

Briton Ferry West 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Stanley Atherton | 659 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gary Lewis | 255 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Bryn and Cwmavon (three seats)

Bryn and Cwmavon 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Gaynor Elizabeth Williams* | 1,028 |
| | Labour | Thomas David Morgans* | 948 |
| | Independent Labour | Thomas D. Mel John* | 884 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Marilyn Harris | 874 |
| | Labour | Elizabeth Williams | 809 |
| | Independent | Brinley Roblin | 734 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Terence John Rogers | 607 |
| | Ratepayers and Tenants | Paul Parry | 495 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
| | Independent Labour gain from Labour | Independent Labour gain from Labour | Swing |

### Bryncoch North (one seat)

Bryncoch North 1995 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Richard David Matthews | 531 |
| | Plaid Cymru | David Wyn Thomas | 321 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Thomas R. Parkinson | 155 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 210 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Bryncoch South (two seats)

Bryncoch South 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Plaid Cymru | Gareth Ifan Richards | 983 |
| | Labour | Patricia Margaret Phillips | 902 |
| | Labour | Kenneth Carl Palmer* | 863 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Cadoxton (one seat)

Cadoxton 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | David Valdo Funning | 331 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Robert Joseph King | 261 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 70 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Cimla (two seats)

Cimla 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Warman* | 893 |
| | Labour | Reginald Valentine Teale* | 804 |
| | Labour | David George Williams | 475 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Coedffranc Central (two seats)

Former Communist Glaslyn Morgan was elected as Democratic Left candidate in 1995 but subsequently joined Plaid Cymru.
Coedffranc Central 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Plaid Cymru | Glaslyn Morgan* | 701 |
| | Independent | Betsan Powell* | 663 |
| | Labour | Arthur Pendry Hodge Davies | 529 |
| | Labour | David Reginald Davies | 440 |
| | Independent Labour | Maureen Bond | 271 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Plaid Cymru hold | Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing |

### Coedffranc North (one seat)

Coedffranc North 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Keith Davies* | 434 |
| | Labour | Darren Jones | 382 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 52 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |

### Coedffranc West (one seat)

Coedffranc West 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Henry Marney Bebell | 314 | | |
| | Plaid Cymru | Huw John Jenkins Phillips | 249 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Charles Lloyd | 141 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Crynant (one seat)

Crynant 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Albert D. Lyn Harper* | unopposed | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Cwmllynfell (one seat)

Cwmllynfell 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Idwal Griffiths* | unopposed | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Cymmer (one seat)

Cymmer 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Mairwen Goodridge | 623 |
| | Labour | David Thomas Stokes* | 511 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 112 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Swing |

### Dyffryn (one seat)

Plaid Cymru won the seat in 1995 but lost it at a subsequent by-election.
Dyffryn 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Plaid Cymru | David Martyn Peters | 746 |
| | Labour | Norman Richard Thomas* | 432 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing |

### Glyncorrwg (one seat)

Glyncorrwg 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Horace Glyn Rawlins | unopposed | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Glynneath (two seats)

Glynneath 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Plaid Cymru | John Delwyn Morgan* | 987 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Horace Thomas Lewis | 716 |
| | Labour | David Morgan Williams* | 653 |
| | Labour | Jacqueline Joseph | 460 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Plaid Cymru hold | Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |
| | Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing |

### Godre'r Graig (one seat)

Godre'rgraig 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Jackie Myers | 312 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Rosalyn Davies | 262 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 50 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Gwaun Cae Gurwen (one seat)

Gwaun Cae Gurwen 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Plaid Cymru | Catrin Bevan | 731 |
| | Labour | Guy Silvanus Jones | 445 |
| | Independent | David Gerald Oswald Jones | 87 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing |

### Gwynfi (one seat)

Gwynfi 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Colin Robert Day | 446 |
| | Independent Labour | David Henry Evans* | 392 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Labour gain from Independent Labour | Labour gain from Independent Labour | Swing |

### Lower Brynamman (one seat)

Lower Brynamman 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Arwyn N. Woolcock* | unopposed | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Margam (one seat)

Margam 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Stanley John Mason* | 378 |
| | Official Ratepayer and Tenants | Terrence James Ward | 197 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Tudor Jones | 195 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Neath East (three seats)

Neath East 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Sandra Miller | 1,022 |
| | Labour | Sheila Marlene Penry | 1,003 |
| | Labour | Charles Edward Henrywood* | 738 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Brendan S.D. MacMathail | 590 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard John Moth | 402 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Neath North (two seats)

Clive Thomas had captured a seat from Labour at a by-election.
Neath North 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Derek Vaughan* | 1,114 |
| | Labour | Emmanuel Loaring | 738 |
| | Independent Labour | Clive Henry Thomas* | 690 |
| | Independent Labour | Thomas Anthony Phillips | 456 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
| | Labour gain from Independent Labour | Labour gain from Independent Labour | Swing |

### Neath South (two seats)

Neath South 1999 :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| Labour | Malcolm B. Gunter* | unopposed |
| Labour | Peter Albert Rees* | unopposed |
| Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
| Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Onllwyn (one seat)

Onllwyn 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Alan Huw Thomas* | 378 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Rees Davies | 215 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Pelenna (one seat)

Pelenna 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Malcolm Isaac Jones* | unopposed | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Pontardawe (two seats)

Pontardawe 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Plaid Cymru | Dewi Richard Evans | 895 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Robert Lewis Williams | 647 |
| | Labour | Michael Lloyd-James | 623 |
| | Labour | John Paul Jenkins | 617 |
| | Independent | Huw Llewelyn Williams | 499 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing |
| | Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing |

### Port Talbot (three seats)

Port Talbot 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Ratepayers and Tenants | Pamela Edith Spender* | 1,056 |
| | Ratepayers and Tenants | Sylvan Rees Thomas | 977 |
| | Ratepayers and Tenants | Andrew James Tutton | 709 |
| | Labour | Christopher Mainwaring | 604 |
| | Labour | Steffan ap Dafydd | 574 |
| | Labour | Jennifer M. Braemar-Blood* | 518 |
| | Independent | Ann Marie Thomas | 490 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Stanley George Davies | 429 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Others hold | Others hold | Swing |
| | Others gain from Labour | Others gain from Labour | |
| | Others gain from Labour | Others gain from Labour | |

### Resolven (one seat)

Resolven 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Desmond William Davies | 850 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Conway Gillard | 411 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Rhos (one seat)

Rhos 1995 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Paul Michael Thomas | 543 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Frank Little | 450 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Sandfields East (three seats)

Sandfields East 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Independent | Leila Helen James | 1,252 |
| | Labour | Thomas P. Noel Crowley* | 1,170 |
| | Labour | Colin Joseph Crowley* | 1,147 |
| | Labour | Patricia Irene Jones | 806 |
| | Ratepayer and Tenants | Leigh Davies | 736 |
| | Ratepayer | Raymond T. Pursey | 598 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Thomas Leslie Hunt | 572 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Swing |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Sandfields West (three seats)

Patricia Jane Thomas had held the seat in a by-election since 1995.
Sandfields West 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Olga Jones* | 1,235 |
| | Labour | Patricia Jane Thomas* | 1,173 |
| | Labour | William John Harris* | 1,128 |
| | Ratepayer and Tenants | Stephen Griffiths | 950 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Kelvin Peter Edwards | 824 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Seven Sisters (one seat)

Seven Sisters 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Peter Gary Lloyd* | 603 |
| | Independent | Stuart Lloyd Jones | 249 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Taibach (two seats)

Taibach 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | John Rogers* | 1,220 |
| | Labour | Clive Owen* | 1,121 |
| | Ratepayer and Tenants | Scott J. Sullivan | 639 |
| | Ratepayer and Tenants | John D. Sullivan | 548 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Tonna (one seat)

Tonna 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | John Neville Miles | 639 |
| | Plaid Cymru | Heath Joy Evans | 288 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Labour gain from Independent | Labour gain from Independent | Swing |

### Trebanos (one seat)

Trebanos 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Joseph Denzil Edwards | 412 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alexander Eric Tyrrell | 91 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing |

### Ystalyfera (one seat)

Ystalyfera 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Plaid Cymru | Alun Llywelyn | 997 |
| | Labour | Ifan Huw Irranca-Davies | 487 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | Plaid Cymru hold | Plaid Cymru hold | Swing |